Word: kitschyness
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According to former Institute of Politics (IOP) Fellow Ron Fournier’s new book, the American voter and consumer needs mostly what Ted Danson and his cheerful barfly compatriots desired—that “sometimes you want to go/ where everybody knows your name.�...
Too bad the script strays into strange territory like a befuddled traveler. Scenes such as the aforementioned kidnapping--Loretta's loopy/jealous stapler-salesman boyfriend Dave (Tom Barnett) throws Michael into his car's trunk--are so top-heavy with look-at-me absurdness that they nearly capsize the whole effort...
9. Dolly Parton was the night?s minimalist. The kitschy country legend belted out her best song bid, Transamerica?s Travelin? Thru, without the aid of the slow-motion dancers, smoke machines and elaborate sets that turned listenable tunes from Crash and Hustle & Flow into cringe-worthy performance art.
Larry doubts that great talent can emerge from the kitschy tourist zone on Prince Edward Island where his parents run a Highwayman Motor Hotel, and he leaves the island to attend university. He takes heart in another poet's observation about those tough writing days when the poem grins back...
Indeed they are. No sooner had Simons shown a winning combination of severe, boxy jackets over skinny pants and crisp white shirts, heralding a kind of cleansing of the fashion palette--dominated for so long by embellishment and color--than Giannini made an over-the-top '80s play. It may...